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Nelson
Alive/Whakatu Oranga is a celebration of colour and light. It portrays the culture and heritage, vibrancy and diversity of the Nelson region in New Zealand/ Aotearoa through the eyes of the photographer.
The images, with a few exceptions, cover fourteen months from March 2000 to the end of April 2001. The colour is natural, no filters were used. |
Veronique was born in Waiuku, the eldest of six. Her parents, Maurits and Ghislaine Cornille-Vandervelde, hat arrived in New Zealand from West Flanders, in Belgium, during the 1951 waterfront strike. They lived at Flandria, the family's sheep and cattle farm at Port Waikato.
After Te Kohanga Primary School, where two thirds of the students were Maori, she boarded with the French order Sacre Coer nuns at Baradene College in Remuera, Auckland, where just two students identified as Maori.
When she was twelve her father took her with him to the Te Kohanga Camera Club. Shortly after she learnt to surf.
Photography and surfing became her passion and, together with the waterfalls and limestone bluffs of Flandria, were an early influence on her appreciation of colour, light and the wilderness.
Her parents' ability to embrace and enjoy their own and other cultures led to her interest in how cultures relate to each other, the land, the sea, the sky and the seasons. Her children are fortunate to have had nearly two years full immersion Maori language schooling, a taonga they value.
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Ropata
Taylor, BA, Dip Grad (distinction) Otago, belongs to
Te Atiawa, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Tama, Ngati Kuia and Ngati Apa, all of which are iwi in the region.
His whanau are closely associated with Motueka, Marahau and Collingwood. Ropata is a current member of the Nelson/Marlborough Conservation Board, and is a trustee on iwi, hapu and whanau trusts.
He has an active interest in traditional Maori performing arts, Maori music and composition, resource management and customary fishing. Currently, Ropata is a teacher of Maori, and Year 9 Dean at Nelson College.
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Copyright ©
2001/2002 Veronique Cornille
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